Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy is a researcher and co-author of the 2015 Management Science paper on gym attendance, projection bias and habit formation.
Who they are
The work of Matthew Levy reaches this site through the paper listed below. The name is tied to Attendance Overprediction, Projection Bias. Their paper reports: Gym-attendance incentive intervention; participants asked to predict post-intervention attendance greatly overpredicted it; attendance rose after the intervention, consistent with habit formation, though not anticipated; results fit a model of projection bias and habit formation; may help explain limited take-up of commitment devices.
Key papers
Acland, D., & Levy, M. R. (2015). Naiveté, projection bias, and habit formation in gym attendance. Management Science, 61(1), 146-160. What it reports: Gym-attendance incentive intervention; participants asked to predict post-intervention attendance greatly overpredicted it; attendance rose after the intervention, consistent with habit formation, though not anticipated; results fit a model of projection bias and habit formation; may help explain limited take-up of commitment devices.
Key ideas
Attendance Overprediction: The finding that people greatly overpredict how often they will attend a gym in the future.
Sources
- Acland, D., & Levy, M. R. (2015). Naiveté, projection bias, and habit formation in gym attendance. Management Science, 61(1), 146-160.